HOME, James ^{1 3 4}

   Other names for James were HOLME, James,² HOOME, JA ⁴ and HOOME, James.^{3 4}

   User ID: H747.

  Research Notes:

CAUTION

From this James Home backwards, caution is needed. There are many gaps in the evidence for precise familial links, and much of the 'evidence' is circumstantial, that is to say that it is based on location, generational name patterns and compatible dates. More evidence is being and will besought, and to some extent the links outlined here act as a working hypothesis that structures the search for further information.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Resident: at Westhall, 1709, in Oyne parish. ⁵ When Christan Holne was baptised in 1709, her father, James, was resident at Westhall, Oyne parish.

2. Resident: in Bridgend, from 1704 until 1707, Oyne parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. ⁵ When William Holme was baptised in 1704 and his sister, Barbara, was baptised in 1707, their father, James, was resident in Bridgend, Oyne parish.

3. No evidence of anyone named Home: Poll Book for Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 1696, Rayne parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. ⁶

4. Resident: in Bridge End, 1696, Oyne parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. ² "James Home, tennent in Bridge End, rent is 40 merks - 11/4 "

5. Resident, from 1678, Rayne parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. ^{1 3 4 7} We know that James Home (or Hoome) was living in the parish of Rayne in 1678 when he married, and that he was in Rothmaise, in Rayne parish, in 1691 when his daughter Margrat was baptised. Two more children of his are known to have been baptised in in Rayne parish in 1681 and in 1694.

James married Barbara KEITH, daughter of William KEITH in Auchtydonald, Longside parish and Cristen CHALMER, on 27 April 1678 in Rayne parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.¹ (Barbara KEITH was baptised on 6 March 1656 in Longside parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ⁴.)

  Marriage Notes:

"HOME
JAMES
BARBARA KETH/
27/04/1678
236 20 / 13
RAYNE"

from Index of Marriages



Old Parish Registers
Rayne parish Aberdeenshire
Marriages

"1678...
April the 27...
The sd day James Home and Barbara [torn off]th in this parish gave up thr names to be [torn off]roclaimed haveing laid downe sufficient [torn off]es conforme to order" ^{1 7}

James next married Anna MAIR, daughter of William MARR Merchant in Old Westhall and Unknown.² (Anna MAIR was born about 1675.)

  Marriage Notes:

"The forsaid James Home in Bridgend, his wife Anna Mair peyes .... 6/-"

from 1696 Poll Book (Oyne) ²